‘Opinion’ Archives
Responsive Design: Mobile Development Considerations for Moodle
Stuart Lamour has a really interesting post about Moodle Mobile apps vs. responsive design at the eLearning Team Blog for University of Sussex. In the video that accompanies his overview of best practices in design and the future of mobile development he highlights how Moodle might be factored for Mobile viewing right out of the box (or theme [...]
Plan to use Moodle? Training may be required
Depending on what state or country you live in you may now have a hurdle if you're interested in implementing/using Moodle in your classroom: required professional development and training. At least one state in the US now have a minimum training requirement for any teacher who wants to "teach an online course in a public school, including a [...]
Opinion: Moodle adoption slipping? I don’t think so
Another new LMS launches almost every week to higher ed or k12 clients around the world (just recently we've seen OpenClass by publishing giant Pearson announced to some fanfare). In other news reports of Blackboard and new-comer, Instructure being selected over several other Learning Management Systems (including Moodle) have been announced to [...]
Friction-less Learning with Quizzes in Moodle
In a few of the online courses I run the goal is to create the most friction-less learning environment for students so that they can pace themselves exactly as they want. Once enrolled, students can progress through the course as quickly or slowly as they want/need (choosing their own pace unconstrained by any external factor) working to the [...]
Great Graphic showing the Growth of LMS usage and market share #Blackboard #Sakai #Instructure
Here's a wicked cool graphic (and article) by Phil Hill (@PhilOnEdTech) of the Delta Initiative that puts down his thoughts on the changing landscape of Learning Management Systems and educational technology in higher education and a snap shot of market share growth overtime for the various players in the industry currently. Smaller shops are [...]
Moodle v. Blackboard: the main factors in deciding which to use
There's a good article posted to the Morehead State University school paper that highlights why the school opted to continue using Blackboard rather than making the switch to Moodle (which they were considering in a head to head matchup). You can read the full article here. While Blackboard did come out on top and MSU will upgrade to [...]
“Your might be a Moodler…” get some LOLs from Moodle.org
If you know who Jeff Foxworthy is, then you're familiar with "you might be a redneck..." At Moodle.org they have their own orange version of the jokes (some funnier than others) about die-hard Moodlers. Some of my favorite "you might be a Moodler..." You describe the color of something as "Moodle" orange. You throw away all but the [...]
Back to School: Plan ahead and never ‘miss’ a day of school for snow, ice, heat, hurricane… again
It's Back to School 2011! We'll be running back to school focused posts throughout the week of September 2nd, highlighting some good tips and suggestions for making the most out of your Moodle usage in 2011-2012. A school cancellation due to snow, when I was a student, was like winning the lottery. The day was disrupted and cancelled [...]
Great New Theme for 2.0: Aardvark Postit by Mary Evans
Here's a cool new theme based on the Aarvark 2.1 theme released earlier this summer by Shaun Daubney. The slight variation is called "Postit" and was developed and released by Mary Evans, moderator of the Moodle Themes forum on Moodle.org. According to Mary, This is a re-make of the original Aardvark 2.1 theme which Shaun created, and I have [...]
Moodle LMS is 9 years old. Happy Birthday, Moodle!
Every August 20th, 2002 1993 Moodle and Martin Dougiamas have celebrated their birthday's in tandem. This year Moodle turns 9. After hitting 2002 with it's first version Moodle has grown into a robust and stable learning management system used (and loved) by Moodlers world wide in education, business and for fun (I did once meet someone using [...]
